fraud

Definition

The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.

Etymology

From Middle English fraude (recorded since 1345), from Old French fraude, a borrowing from Latin fraus (“deceit, injury, offence”).

Example Sentences

• "When success a lover's toil attends, / Few ask, if fraud or force attain'd his ends."
• "But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts."
• "to draw the proud King Ahab into fraud"